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July 2024

  • View of a hill in the Far Ralia estate.

    Cairngorms estate goes back on sale after criticism of ‘green laird’ owner

    Campaigners say sudden sale suggests Abrdn’s use of Scottish countryside was ‘get-rich-quick scheme’

April 2024

  • Businessman toy figure is placed on pound coins in front of displayed Abrdn logo.

    Brief letters
    No, Abrdn, you can’t bully a company

  • Abrdn logo and stacked coins

    Mocking the Abrdn name is ‘corporate bullying’, says chief investment officer

July 2023

  • the BP sunburst logo

    Rebranding Twitter: the shaky history of corporate makeovers

    From Abrdn to BP’s ‘beyond petroleum’ and the Royal Mail switch to Consignia – customer backlashes can bite

March 2022

  • An estate cottage in Scotland.

    Corporate tree-planting drive in Scotland ‘risks widening rural inequality’

    Surge of estate sales to big firms has driven up prices and increased elitism of land ownership, says report

August 2021

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Flutter’s punt on US gambling business FanDuel has played out in spades

    Nils Pratley
    The FTSE 100 company’s share of the US online sportsbook market in the last quarter was an astonishing 45%, which equates to 2.2m people

April 2021

  • Screengrab of an Instagram post by Sir Anthony Hopkins after he was named best actor at the 2021 Oscars for his role in The Father

    Brief letters
    No surprises for one Oscar winner

    Brief letters: NHS privatisation | Anthony Hopkins | Waiting for the Guardian | Dropping vowels
  • The offices of Standard Life Aberdeen in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh.

    Standard Life Aberdeen to change name to Abrdn

    Asset manager says new name reflects ‘clarity of focus’ but critics point out pronunciation issues
  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    C’mn Abrdn, abndn this clunky new name nonsense

    Nils Pratley
    Behind the spin, the firm means all Aberdeen domain names are taken, but that’s no excuse

June 2020

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    The future may be V-shaped, but it would be rash to count on it

    Nils Pratley
    Sadly, it’s very easy to see how the early stirrings could be crushed by a surge in unemployment

March 2020

  • rishi sunak

    Economic recovery possible by autumn if west contains coronavirus, says fund manager CEO

    Standard Life Aberdeen boss hoping for ‘short sharp downturn’ but urges big stimulus in UK budget

October 2019

  • The feet of a new baby wrapped in a blanket

    Standard Life Aberdeen to offer nine months of full pay for new parents

    Investment group’s new policy is one of UK’s most generous for parental leave

May 2019

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Vodafone dividend cut is a cautious move, not cause for panic

    Nils Pratley
  • The Standard Life headquarters in Edinburgh.

    Standard Life Aberdeen bruised by shareholder pay revolt

March 2019

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Sainsbury's £1bn reveal is unlikely to move the competition authority

    Nils Pratley
  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Carphone's reputation takes a hit from £29m fine for mis-selling

    Nils Pratley

February 2018

  • Rachel Reeves pictured outdoors in a coat in Westminster

    Carillion shareholders considered suing after profit warning

  • Standard Life

    Standard Life Aberdeen hit by Lloyds axing £109bn asset deal

August 2017

  • Older people working at the supermarket, Asda Broadstairs, Kent Veronica 31-03-2011 Photograph by Martin Godwin.

    Observer business agenda
    Gloom for Asda as it posts worst results this century

    Nick Fletcher
  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Bank of England deputy's Brexit warning is strong stuff

    Nils Pratley
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